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потасовка
W Sanctions were imposed in an attempt to bring the country to its knees.
поставить не на ту лошадь back the wrong horse
постоять за к-л stick up for
W Simon backed the wrong horse from the start. He favoured Hart but it was Robins who won the election. W I n voting for George Bush, voters in 1992 were backing the wrong horse.
поставить под удар // подста вить (подвести) set smb up // let smb down
W You've got to learn to stick up for yourself, not only for others. W I stuck up for him and said I had always found him to be honest.
постоять за себя give as good as one gets
W I didn't think he would have the courage to argue with the boss, but he certainly gave as good as he got. W She certainly gives as good as she gets in an argument.
посыпать голову пеплом wear sackcloth and ashes // in sackcloth and ashes
W I know nothing about the stolen money. Don't you see? I've been set up! W The thief tried to set his companion up for punishment, but he too was caught and tried. W I was depending on him but he let me down. W Never let your friends down.
поставить точку (завершить работу) put smth to bed
W I've already apologized. How long must I wear sackcloth and ashes before you'll forgive me? W I thought that he'd posted the letter, but a week later he came to me in sackcloth and ashes to say that he'd found it still in his pocket.
посыпаться (о бедах, несча стьях) the roof caves/falls in (Am)
W We put the first edition to bed an hour before the deadline.
поставить точку (прекратить) ring down the curtain // call it quits (inf)
W They decided to ring the curtain down on their love affair after four years. W This fight has been going on for years - why don't you two call it quits and be friends.
поставить/перевернуть ч-л с ног на голову stand/turn smth on its head
W For the first six years of my life I was happy. Then my father died and the roof caved in.
пот и кровь // потом и кровью blood, sweat and tears
W This house is the result of 3 years' blood, sweat and tears.
потасовка a free-for-all (Am inf)
W The first feminists simply took the accepted view that men were superior to women and turned it on its head.
W On the first day of the sale, a dispute between two customers over some half-price china ended in a free-for-all. W The picnic turned into a free-forall after midnight.
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